German prosecutors indict top VW bosses over emissions scandal

        September 24, 2019 Reuters | Germany | fossil fuels: emissions

Prosecutors announced charges against VW CEO Herbert Diess, Hans Dieter Poetsch, and ex CEO Martin Winterkorn for stock market manipulation (delayed telling investors of wrongdoing), resulting from the 2015 software cheat in U.S. diesel engine tests that cost VW more than $30 billion in refits, fines, and provisions. The bosses contend they knew nothing.